Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-12
FROM ANACONDA.
Larry Gaffney Recovering-A Broom Bril-
gade Drill-Exciting Ru~naway-Con-
tracts L,t--Personal Items.

Larry Gaffney Recovering-A Broom Br1
gade Driil-Excitins Runaway-Con
tracts L,t-Personal Items.
ANACONDA, November 9.-LCorrespon
dence of The Miner. 1.-The condition @
Larry Gaffney, the man who was injured sc
severely at the new works here and whose
life was at first despaired of, has imp oveC
materially within the past few days, anc
strong hopes are now entertained of his re
covery. He must have had a marveliousl,
strong constitution. as the extent of his in.
~juries and the prolonged continuation O.
the state OF coma which succeeded the &C.
cident, almost precluded the idea that the
survival was possible. He lays in the
hospital now, waited on with lender care
and his numerous friends hope for bis
speedy conva:escence.
The town has been dull the past week, as
is usually the case the week preceding pay.
day. At the smelter everything is activity
progress at the lower works being cor.
tinued with vjgor.
ADJUSTMENTS.
A broom brigade has been organized com
posed OF the young ladies OF Anaconda.
An exhibition OF their prowess and skill in
the use OF this household weapon will be
given in a few weeks, and we venture to as
sert that they will do honor to their drill
instructor Professor Cannon, and attract
all the boys to witness their performance
The ball OF the Irish Friendly Society
comes OF o.morrow night. A large NUN.
Der OF inyitati ms have been issued and &C.
This dance will be followed by that
OF tie Lowland Club which comes uff on
Saturday evening.
NOTES ARour TOWN.
We had quite an exciting runaway on our
streets on Tuesday evening. Two teams.
one belonging to j. l.. Hamilton and the
other to a rancher from the valley, started
Tor %Philipsburg at as lively q pace as anv
stage'coach ever approached a stopping
station. They were stopped some distance
up the canyon without much damage being
done to either.
Our public schools are in a fourishing
condition, the number of pupils in nttend'
ance being abnor;naliy large.
The contract for the building of the "a RI.
oIlc Church has been let to Messre. Noble
= Ehr"t, who we have no doubt will carry
t to a successful termination, The strnc.
lure Is to be OF brick, and it's dimensions
be 7G feet in length by 81 feet wide.
MT: I: .. Collins has purchased the Pin.
leer Salo.n on Front street and will mnvo
u there next week; while the present ]essees
the latter. Messrs. Mullen & Cardwell
vii make the store formerly coupled hv |
os. Peters their stand.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Otto StalIman, Mrs. J. r. Ella,
'ecker. and Miss Lottie Ellenbecker 1ef+
'ere last evening for the sunny climate IF
where they will spend the winter
Mr.. ~. Rueger has gone up to Butte tn
axe charge at the Lexington during the
'osence vi Mr.. Wartenwei!er who ia ~leav;no
Of Europe. % 'eaVihe
Miss Zona Batterton paid a visit to her
s Mrs. ID. L. Mahan, OF Butte. last
W. R. Kenyon was down M s,nao-
ok,ngafter his branch store here. 0"S
y; A. Cannon, Esq took a trim tn n;u..
n frlday evening, returning on Mondan
we regret to chronicle tho Jc
arturo OF Mrs. S. D. Beebe. In oon ae
uence OF i'll health her removal r. q won
: enmate mas been necessitated. and sha
IL mere yesterday for American Forh
mere she and her daughters will snend
orion OF he winter. Mr.. Beebe met VIII
ain at Dillon, to which point he ~ Tue
an'ed his family. The train was in mn
on when he jumped off and by eoma ni. !
q bled, severely spraininp his orL's {
Messrs. Patsy Clark and William G~unn !
ime down on Tuesday and made a tcy nns
sPection through the works before retn-u {
Z to the Ceur d'Alenes. ie'orn' +
Professor c. H. Moore, of the Pvrens.. +